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MEDAL COLLECTIONS ON THE WEB
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HISTORICAL AND COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS Images
and descriptions of over 500 medals, both European and American, dating
from the 16th through the 19th centuries. This site uses the Medal
as the focal point to join
Art with History. |
A lovely, private collection of Renaissance and Baroque medals with images and detailed descriptions. Well worth a visit. |
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About 600 beautiful images of medals by this fine German medallist. |
Medals from the collection at the world-renowned Philadelphia Museum of Art, with images.
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Description and
many images of all the official inaugural medals of U.S. Presidents and
Vice Presidents. |
A nice collection of Russian medals from Yale University.
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG COLLECTION An interesting and extensive collection of medals and other numismatic items from the American colonial period.
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Includes videos on medal making and a marvelous talk by Stephen Scher on The Pursuit of Immortality: Masterpieces of the Scher Collection of Portrait Medals. Also shows images of medals donated by Stephen K. and Jamie Woo Scher.
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A useful resource for which provides the tools to upload photos and
descriptions of medals from individual medal collectors. |
A comprehensive catalogue of medals, jetons and tokens of the Napoleonic era, with images and useful links. |
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HERMITAGE COLLECTION
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A wonderfully interesting and
comprehensive group of medals depicting Jews who made important
contributions in various fields of endeavor. The site offers
biographical sketches of each subject and informative background
material, including a brief History
of Jews in America. |
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A website devoted to Dutch medallic art, including Dutch sculptors and designers. In English.
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An
international
website
of
art medals and plaques, many of them art nouveau and art deco, from
different countries. Includes a
list of contemporary medal artists. In English, French and German. |
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A comprehensive catalogue of Art Medals. In German. |
Art Nouveau and Art Deco medals A nicely
designed site showing a fine and comprehensive collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco
medals. Includes a list of contemporary artists. |
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Another lovely group of art medals, mostly by French and Belgian
artists. Contains a brief recent history of the art medal in
Western Europe. |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst German Art Medals with interesting links to other related sites. In German. |
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Contains descriptions and history of the medals of the French medallist Louis Oscar Roty (1846-1911). In French and German. |
Medal collection housed in the
Museum Victoria in Australia. |
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Extensive group of medals, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, and mainly French and Belgian. The medals are arranged alphabetically by artist. Lovely images. In French. |
Vereniging voor Penningkunst (DUTCH MEDAL SOCIETY) Images and descriptions of medals of the 20th and 21st centuries
listed by the Dutch Medal Society. In Dutch with English introduction. |
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COLLECTION OF MEDALS OF THE VATICAN Lovely collection of gold medals of the Vatican.
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A comprehensive online encyclopedia of Books, Journals and Catalogs related to medals, honoring Eric P. Newman, digitized by Washington University.
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A wonderfully interesting treatise on The Renaissance of the Cast Medal in Nineteenth Century France, in which they trace the history of the cast medal from 15th century Italy to 19th century France.
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MEDALS OF THE New-York Historical Society's collection A comprehensive and interesting array of
commemorative and art medals, mostly American. |
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A marvelous collection of commemorative medals, with images and descriptions, from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. The medals deal mostly with maritime events, including naval battles. |
A diverse collection of medals from the Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, England, including: commemorative, art nouveau,
art deco and contemporary art medals. Also contains commentary on
casting and striking medals. |
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As fine a group of British coronations medals as you will find in private hands published on the web, from the collection of Geoffrey Cope. |
Medaillen der italienischen Renaissance A marvelous book by Cornelius von
Fabriczy that includes images and descriptions of nearly 200
medals of the Italian Renaissance. The book, available online, is
Digitized
by GOOGLE. (in German). |
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A medallic history of the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in London, with images of the medals issued for the exhibition. |
ASTRONOMICAL SYMBOLS An extremely interesting website discussing ancient astronomical symbols on coins and medals. |
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Comprehensive Databank of American Diesinkers, Engravers, Medallists, Sculptors of Coins, Medals, and Tokens 1652 to date. Compiled by D. Wayne (Dick) Johnson. Dick also has an interesting Medal Blog. |
A very comprehensive, private collection of Lithuanian medals dating from 1918 to 1940. |
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A fine collection of images of Comitia Americana medals in the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. |
Interesting site depicting medals of Joan of Arc, with images and descriptions. Includes links to other related websites. In French. |
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A wonderful book by Cornelius von Fabriczy translated into English. The book, available online, is Digitized by GOOGLE. |
boulton & watt & the soho mint
A group of Soho Mint
Medals from Matthew Boulton and
James Watt. |
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AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY COLLECTION
A
searchable collection of thousands of medals, many of which are
illustrated. Includes a catalog of French medals from Amédée Durand's Series Numismatica
Universalis Virorum Illustrium.
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An important series of books describing Italian medals and Italian medallists, written and compiled by Arnaldo Turricchia, and beautifully presented in this website. |
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A comprehensive series of Papal Medals. |
A lovely, private collection of medals from the Renaissance. |
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Online collection of thousands of medals from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. |
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS A searchable
database of over a thousand commemorative medals of South African
historical interest. |
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An absolutely wonderful site with images and historical background of medals from the Renaissance to Modern period (in German).
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CHAZEN MUSEUM OF ART This museum at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison houses large and important collections of medals,
including the
Vernon Hall Collection of Renaissance and other medals and the
Andrew Laurie Stangel Collection of German historical medals,
including those of Karl Goetz. |
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A personal, informative
site focusing on 20th century and current American art medals. |
aNCIENT AND MODERN OBJETS
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Renaissance Plaquettes and Medals A very nicely designed site showing a
fine selection of renaissance plaquettes and medals. |
The British Museum website lists tens of thousands of medals from their extensive collection, with thousands of them pictured. |
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Hundreds of medals pictured; search MEDALS AND MEDALLIONS. |
Lovely group of Jacobite medals formerly in the Michael Finlay Collection. |
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A nice selection of American World's Fair and World Exposition Medals |
A lovely group of Mark Petty's collection of Jacques Wiener's cathedral medals as presented by his father Stephen. |
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A wonderful website by Rod Moore describing his collection of Swiss Shooting Medals. Lovely images. |
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